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This is an original dinner menu from Hamburg-Amerika Linie, July 8, 1901, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover illustration is unusual for transatlantic menus

Vintage banquet and grand-hotel menus suit a lobby because they are formal, large-format, and historic. Hang a symmetrical row or grid of matched frames behind the desk or along a circulation wall, an

This is an original lunch menu from Hamburg-Amerika Linie, June 20, 1901, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover uses the same Art Nouveau template as the Augus

For a French bistro look, lean on real Belle Epoque Paris cards, classic New York French-restaurant menus, and ocean-liner wine lists. Warm wood frames, cream mats, and a tight grouping near the bar o

This is an original breakfast (“frühstück”) menu from Hamburg-Amerika Linie, February 12, 1901, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover is a fine example of Germ

8×10 is for shelves and tight spaces, 11×14 is the all-rounder for groupings and most rooms, and 16×20 is the statement size that anchors a wall on its own. All three print at 300 DPI, so the choice i

This is an original daily menu — bremen to america service from Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, October 25, 1884, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover combines a

A gallery wall of menus from different decades works when one thread ties it together — a shared colour, a single subject (all ships, all hotels), or a consistent frame and mat. Pick the thread first,

This is an original breakfast menu from White Star Line, February 11, 1900, preserved in the Buttolph Collection at The New York Public Library. The cover features the White Star Line’s distinctive re

Match the frame to the menu’s era, not to your room: clean, slim metal or black frames suit Art Deco geometry, while warm wood or antique-brass frames flatter the softer lines of Art Nouveau and water